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Committee News
No School = No Learning
Striving For ‘No Missed Days of School’ This Year
By Courtney Brantley, MD, Pediatric Resident, Carolinas HealthCare System’s
LLevine Children’s Hospital and MCMS Child Health Committee Member
ast year, many students in Mecklenburg County goal, we are planning several Saturdays in August to offer
missed school as a result of not having the health assessments and immunizations to students. We also
appropriate health assessment or immunizations plan to ensure students are established with a medical home
as required by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. and can receive future medical care.
These requirements for school entry have changed over the Missing school means students are missing learning, which
years, and providers are required to complete a particular form could have a negative impact on their performance for the
as documentation of a health assessment. This form must be remainder of the school year. Help us achieve “No Missed
completed for all new-entry students, not just those entering Days of School” by making sure your patients and families are
kindergarten. (Full details about requirements can be found on prepared this school year. Be sure to make them aware of CMS
the CMS website). requirements, as well as schedule additional time to provide the
If students do not have the appropriate health assessment and appropriate health assessments and immunizations.
immunizations within 30 days of the start of school (August 28 For additional information for providers and families, refer
for the 2017-2018 school year), they are required to stay home to the the CMS website (www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/
until these requirements are met. StudentPlacement/Pages/EnrollingYourStudent.aspx).
For the 2017-2018 school year, the Mecklenburg County If you would like to volunteer at the “No Missed Days of
Medical Society Child Health Committee is working toward School” Health Days, contact Courtney Brantley (Courtney.
“No Missed Days of School” related to students not having a Brantley@CarolinasHealthCare.org) or Sara Horstmann (Sara.
health assessment or immunizations. In trying to reach our Horstmann@CarolinasHealthCare.org).
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